About this hack:
One of the biggest problems on forums as you may know is 'posts boosting'. There are users who LOVE to say 'thanks' when ever they can. How can it hurt? Their post count goes up, they have nothing to loose.
There are also users who really like to express their thanks to post but don't like posting a post that looks like they're post boosting.
Then comes the moderators who have to delete people's thanks yous so a thread can look readable with out the thanks yous thrown around.
Finally comes the posters of these useful posts. They have no idea how many people really likes their posts if only some people say 'thanks'.
What this hack does is fix ALL these problems - except those users who like post boosting. This places a button called 'thanks.' When a user clicks on it, it places his username in a box right under the post saying that so-and-so says 'thanks' for the post. Every-one who clicks is placed in one box.
By giving your users the extra feature, you forum will look allot nice and organized. It is a guaranteed liking by ALL the members of your forum.
New option: Remove User's Thanks Count When Deleting Post
New phrase: post_thanks_search_user_gave
FIX User reputation level now updates. (Thanks to liwo for this one.)
NEW Added option to view all posts a user has thanked.
FIX Fixed Special Action - Delete All of a Users Thanks
FIX Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.
Version 7.3 (03/15/08):
Updated file: functions_post_thanks.php
Updated template: post_thanks_memberinfo_block
Deleted template: post_thanks_memberinfo_css
New option: Choice to use Markup Usernames or not. (Thanks to Namaless)
New option: Ban User from Getting Thanks
New option: Max Thanks a User can Give Per Day
FIX Fixed repeating bug on vb 3.6.7 forums.
CHANGE Changed where the post thanks info shows on the Profile Page. Moved to same box as statistics. (This will require a template edit if you are running vb3.7 beta 2-4)
Added securty token check for all thanks added. This will prevent a user from giving out a link or somehow making an image that will get him a lot of thanks.
Should have fixed some 'foreach()' errors.
Fixed Delete All of a Users Thanks bug
vBulletin 3.7.x compatible only
Version 7.6 (06/02/08):
FIX: Fixed Security Check for vb 3.7.1
Updated files: functions_post_thanks.php
Version 7.7 (07/28/08):
FIX: Fixed problem with giving thanks using Blazer (palmOS browser).
For all you who keep asking, yes, I will be working on a 4.0 version soon. I have not started on it yet but will hopefully start any day now. I released my "Admin Log In as User" hack already since it is not as complicated as the post thanx hack. Many, many, many things changed in 4.0 and the hacks basically have to be written from scratch. Writing that hack first showed me a lot of things that changed so I know what to look out for when writing Post Thanx Hack.
Guys, like me, the other coders on the site I'm sure will try to release an update for their hacks. Most of us do these hacks as a hobby so we don't have official time we spend on them. Donations always encourage a coder to work on his hack more and feel like he is being appreciated and not taken for granted.
Before you upgrade to 4.0, make a list of must-have hacks you need. Wait until all of those hacks are updated for 4.0 before upgrading. Don't bother the developers, it will only discourage them from working. They will get their hacks done when they have time.
For all you who keep asking, yes, I will be working on a 4.0 version soon. I have not started on it yet but will hopefully start any day now. I released my "Admin Log In as User" hack already since it is not as complicated as the post thanx hack. Many, many, many things changed in 4.0 and the hacks basically have to be written from scratch. Writing that hack first showed me a lot of things that changed so I know what to look out for when writing Post Thanx Hack.
Guys, like me, the other coders on the site I'm sure will try to release an update for their hacks. Most of us do these hacks as a hobby so we don't have official time we spend on them. Donations always encourage a coder to work on his hack more and feel like he is being appreciated and not taken for granted.
Before you upgrade to 4.0, make a list of must-have hacks you need. Wait until all of those hacks are updated for 4.0 before upgrading. Don't bother the developers, it will only discourage them from working. They will get their hacks done when they have time.
Abe,
Your time spent is greatly appreciated.
Honestly, this hack is so impressive, I'm surprised you weren't asked to have it included in the vB4 base code.
I'm sure that along with many other fans of this modification, I was wondering if you would be updating this plugin for the new version 4 of vBulletin? It would be great to have such a nice mod continue.
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11-17-2009, 07:12 AM
